Improvement in bag-holders



i fA-LM'YR'A, WISCONSIN".

Letters Patent No. 104,698, dated June 28, 187D,

IMPrgovEMeN-r nv BAG-HOLDERS.

Thev Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent making part of thesame,l

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

- B e it known that I, EDWIN BoYN'romoi Palmyra, `in the county ofJefferson and State of Wiscorisin,

have invented anew and improved Bag-Holder; and

-I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, 4and 1exactdescription thereof,` which willv enable others skilled in the arttowhich my invention apper- 'tains `to make aud use the same, referencebeing had feto the accompanying ldrawing forming part of thisspecification. y l V `11`ignres 1 and 2 are elevations of my improvedbagl t holder, showing, respectively, differentv sides of the y same;`e, e

i l Figure 3'is a bottom-plan view of the hopper; and,

i l Figure-4 is aisidenelevationof the adjust-able legs,

detached from the hopper. o y

l Similar letters lo f` reference indicate vvcorresponding parts in theseveral figures' of the drawing.

i t AMy invention hasforits object to provide an Yim`` C proved portabledevice for holdingbags While the latter are being lled with grain;` and,to this end,

i vIt consistsin a hopper, to' the under side Vof which -the ,bags arevattached VWhile beingilled, provided with :two sets of removable legs,one ,set'being hinged near their: upper ends'to'admitlof the vertical,adjustment of the hopper for `the accommodation' of vbags of differentlengths@V 'l l Y 'Inthe accompanying drawing- V g A is'the hopper, ofquadrangular form,` andwith an opening in its center of a size tocorrespond with the :mouth of a grain-bag.` i

'lhe hopper' is providedwithv two .sets of supports, each set vbeingformed of two legs crossing each other, and pivpted `togetherattheirpoints of intersection The legsofthe set B are `bent over attheir upper ends, and the beutLportions areadaptedto enter or slide intoloopsv or hopper, as shown in `figs; 1.1 and 2:. (l 'Ehe legs of the setD are hinged; near their upper strapsfO, affixed to the side of the,

ends, and the shorter portions, E, shown in fig. 4, are adapted to enterstraps or loops O, affixed to that side of the hopper opposite to theloops of thelegs B.

By means of the hinges the set of legs l) moved vnearer to or fartherfrom a vertical line for raising or 'lowering the hopper to accommodatebags of different lengths.

l Both sets of legs are pointed atwtheir lower ends tov preventthehoppenfromrslipping upon a floor.

' The bag F to be lled with grain is placed under the discharge-openingofthe hopper, .with its lower.

end in contact with the ground 'or oorand is held in place by beinghooked Vover the catches G, allixedA to the lower edge ofthe hopper, asshown in fig. 3.

` lhe grain is poured into the hopper andflows through the sameinto thebag, as will be readily understood, v f and, when the bag has been lled,it is unhooked from the catches and removed. i -v To facilitate the unhooking of the bag, the hinged legs D may bemoved outward'to lower thehopper slightly, and thus free' the ,bag` from the catches. p

By means of the loops() the legs B D can' be easily removed from thehopper to permit the packing ofthe whole device Within aA comparativelysmall compass for transportation. v

'My improved bagfholder and hopper is simple in construction, andadapted for use either inthe eld or inthe warehouse.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claimas new, anddesire to secure'by Letters Patent, is y 1 Theportable bag-holder, constructed. as described,

4lof' 'the hopper A, removable legs B, and removable adjustable vlegs D,substantially as herein described, forthe purpose specified.

Witnesses: 4. G. H.,F Rosr, y

= E; A..Ennswo1zrn.

EDWIN 'BoYfNfrom i` l

